Fencing-dropper.



G..HUTCH|NSON.

FENCING DROPPER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19,.1913.

LQMAG'Y. Patented July 24, 1917.

WII'HZESQ? I G. Hufclrmson'.

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GEORGE I-I'UTCHINSON, OF MASTERTON, NEW ZEALAND, ASSIGNOR TO DONALD-HUTCH- INSON PATENTS LIMITED, 0F MASTERTON, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, A COR- PORATION OF NEW ZEALAND.

FENCING-DROPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ma 24, mm.

Application filed December 19, 1913. Serial No. 807,757.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon Horcnmson, a citizen of the Dominion of New Zealand, and residing at Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the Domin ion of New Zealand, engineer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FencingDroppers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to droppers employed between fencing standards for the purpose of preventing spreading of the wires.

According to my invention a dropper pressed outof sheet metal is of angle section, and tapers from the middle toward each end, thereby providing the greatest sectional area where the greatest strength is needed, and utilizing a minimum weight of material to the best advantage.

The fence wires are some of them secured upon one edge of the dropper, and others upon the opposite edge, and to prevent lateral movement, a wire device is employed which grips the fence wire.

My invention is illustrated in the drawing wherein:

Figure 1, is a front elevation of the metal blank, from which the dropper is formed.

Fig. 2, a side elevation of the finished dropper.

Fig. 3, a front perspective elevation of the lower part of the dropper-,- showing the staple.

Fig. l, a sectional plan on A-A Fig. 3.

Referring first to Fig. l, a sheet metal blank, 1, from which the dropper is formed, tapers from the middle upon all edges, 2, 3, 1 and 5, toward the respective rounded ends, 6 and 7.

Iiloles for the staples, or other fastenings of the fencing wire, are punched near the edges 4 and 5, in two alined rows, 8 and 9, with a blank space, 10, between them, and in a single row, 11, near the edges, 2 and 3,

and located opposite to the blank space, 10.

The blank is then formed (by pressing or other usual means) into the finished dropper shown in Fig. 2, having an angle section approximating to U or V (as clearly shown in Fig. l) and preferably with the wings 12 and 13, which are at right angles to the fencing wires, or set in toward each other.

The object of the wings is to give in creased strength to prevent buckling.

Owing to the location of the holes as above indicated, one or some of the middle wires of the fence will be connected upon one side of the dropper, and the upper and lower wires upon the other side thereof, thereby preventing the dropper from twisting on a vertical axis.

The fencing wire, let, (one only being shown in the drawing) is secured to the dropper by a loop staple, 15, the respective members of which are passed through holes in the dropper, and their ends bent as shown in Fig. i, to prevent their return.

I claim:

1. A fencing dropper formed of sheet metal bent into V cross section with a comparatively short length of each leg of said J section set inwardly, relatively to the leg, at the outer end thereof, said dropper having two edges, tapering from the middle toward one end, continuous with the other two edges which taper toward the other end, the apex line of the V being pressed outwardly so as to bring the said four edges into a common vertical plane whereby the wires which the dropper is used to hold in position are enabled to lie in vertical alinement.

2. A fencing dropper formed of sheet metal bent into V cross section with a comparatively short length of each leg of said V section set inwardly, relatively to the leg, at the outer end thereof, said dropper having two edges, tapering from the middle toward one end, continuous with the other two edges which taper toward the other end, the apex line of the V being pressed outwardly so as to bring the said four edges into a common vertical plane, and means for holding fence wires across said edges, the dropper being provided with holes distributed throughout its length for the attachment of said holding means.

3. A fencing dropper formed of sheet metal bent into V cross section with a comparatively short length of each leg of said J section set inwardly, relatively to the leg, at the outer end thereof, said dropper having two edges, tapering from the middle toward one end, continuous with the other two edges which taper toward the other end, the

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common ertical plane, and rounded t-Op GEORGE V T N and bottom ends to said dropper forming curved fianges connecting the edges to form I Witnesses: I

one continuous edge. HENRIE HAMPTQN RAYWARD,

In testimony whereof I have signed my v EDNA JOAN COLLEY.

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